Focus on Prices and Spending | Import and Export Prices

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Focus on Prices and Spending, Import and Export Prices, Volume 2, Number 5

Chart 3. Major contributors to the 1.0-percent increase in import prices, excluding fuel, second quarter 2011
Category	Percent change contribution
Food, feeds, and beverages	-0.04
Industrial supplies and materials, excluding fuel	0.49
Capital goods	0.11
Automotive vehicles	0.15
Consumer goods, excluding automotives	0.28